Ash dowels hand carved with a draw knife and stitched with elastic cord for door seam closure and other attachment points on the yurt. Ea. about 2" long, made by myself and a student in the class.
The finished space! Playing around with the idea of rafters out front, and different ways of closing the door.
The 18' diameter yurt being used for one of the first times--we felt immediately more relaxed just sitting inside. Canvas was used for the roofing and walls, local douglas fir and ash for the rafters and lattice walls.
View of the yurt at night on the Colorado College campus--Slocum Quad. This project was the collaborative result of a first-time Block B summer class offered at CC by professor Scott Johnson. Myself and Maxime Robillard were "paraprofs" (or TA's) for the 3 1/2 week long course. Thank you to all of the amazing students who made this happen, and I was honored to help with the design and facilitate the course. We hope that this yurt will be a part of the CC community for years to come.
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